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Half of Graham Township’s homes were built after 1984

More historic than 17% of U.S. towns. What drives it

Most of Graham Township was built recently: 4% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1984. Below: maps from 1959 on and the census since 2000.

0on the National Register
4%homes built before 1940
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About Graham Township’s history

How historic is Graham Township?

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More historic than 17% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.

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History grade

What drives Graham Township’s History grade

On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Graham Township is more historic than 17% of U.S. towns. Its share of homes from before 1940 holds the grade up; its National Register listings pull it down.

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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Graham Township’s overall grade.
Founding eraNo founding year we can rely on, so the grade uses the other two–Homes built before 19404.4% of homes (±2.6) · typical PA town 17.7% · U.S. 8.4%CNational RegisterNo listings counted · typical PA town 2.1 per 10,000 · U.S. 2.4C−
All U.S. towns we grade (21,289)Ahead of 17%
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Pennsylvania towns list about as much on the Register as the country (a typical Pennsylvania town has 2.1 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Graham Township’s 0.0 sits below most of its state (25% of Pennsylvania towns have fewer) while its 0 listings outnumber those of 23% of U.S. towns.

How sure. Graded on two of the three inputs, so a change in either one moves the letter more than it would with three. The pre-1940 share (±2.6 points) is firm at this size.

Founding year: our sources. Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register: National Park Service, May 2026 list; each listing counted once (boundary changes and added documentation belong to their listing), and a historic district counts its contributing buildings. How TownRatings grades history →

What stands out about Graham Township’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Graham Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Graham Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
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The story so far

Graham Township, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Graham Township yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Graham Township is a township in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,329 at the time of the 2020 census. The township is located approximately 87.9 miles (141 km) northwest of the state capitol, Harrisburg.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 1,383 to 1,331 (-4%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

Timeline

Graham Township, 1893 to 1959

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1893Post officeThe Sington post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1919Post officeThe Sington post office closes
  5. 1959On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Graham Township, decade by decade

Today5 recent
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On the map

Graham Township on the map, 1959 to 1981

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Graham Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Graham Township on the 1959 USGS mapGraham Township on the 1971 USGS mapGraham Township on the 1981 USGS map1959Frenchville sheet · 1:24,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Graham Township.

People over time

Graham Township, census by census

02004006008001,0001,2001,40020002020Peak: 1,383

Between 1,236 and 1,383 people in every census since 2000.

3 censuses, 2000–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Graham Township’s Wikipedia page.

Famous people

Famous people close to Graham Township

Nobody well known was born in Graham Township itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Edward ScofieldUnion Army officer and governor of Wisconsin · b. 1842
Doug BrocailAmerican baseball player · b. 1967
Anthony A. MitchellAmerican conductor · b. 1918
Don Hilary GingeryAmerican politician · b. 1884
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William Irvin SwoopeAmerican politician · b. 1862
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Bill ShepherdAmerican football player · b. 1911
Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds

Another post office, Sington, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Hamlets and corners on the map
FairviewPalestine
Gone or out of use
Center Hill ChurchchurchPalestine Schoolschool
4cemeteries and burying grounds inside Graham Township
Center HillFairview United MethodistPalestineSummit Hill

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Girard TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townCovington TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMorris TownshipIts storyB−Bradford TownshipIts storyC+Cooper Township1 historic placeA−Boggs TownshipIts storyB−WallacetonIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Graham Township’s history

How does Graham Township rank for history?

Graham Township is more historic than 17% of U.S. towns. The History grade combines the town’s founding era, the share of homes built before 1940 and its National Register listings. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.

How old are the homes in Graham Township?

4% of Graham Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±2.6 points), against a typical 18% for a Pennsylvania town; the median home was built in 1984.

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

From Wikimedia Commons (5), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.